Even King Triton would trade his mighty trident for the sumptuous seafood spread at Mutiara Seafood by JUMBO Group at Wisma Geylang Serai.
As the holy month of Ramadan draws to a close and the Hari Raya festivities are about to begin, the local high-end halal-certified restaurant has curated an exclusive dinner set menu from March 4 to April 19.
Inspired by kampong flavours, each set offers a wide array of seafood dishes from the more modern crispy fried baby squid to the classic, quintessential Singaporean chilli crab with deep-fried mini mantou buns.
Team tabla! had the opportunity to review the A6 set, which costs around S$238++ for six people. It includes the Balinese-style Jimbaran grilled prawns, chicken egg drop soup with corn, a whole deep-fried seabass with sweet and sour sauce, and more.
You can be rest assured that your guests will end the night with a full belly that could rival an inflated pufferfish.
To complete the food pyramid, a garlic fried rice with silver fish provides the carbohydrates, while a stir-fried broccoli with sambal and squid will appease that one elderly relative who insists on ordering a vegetable dish for a “more balanced” meal.
Each A6 set also comes with two large pitchers of refreshing drinks. We selected the Peach Muscat Surprise (that was quite carbonated and offered pulps of sweetness thanks to the aloe vera bits), and the highly-recommended Mango Sago Refresher, which tasted like a tropical creamsicle but in liquid form.
All the dishes in the set complemented one another to create a well-rounded profile of coastal textures and flavours.
The chopped up deep-fried garlic in the fried rice provided a umami bomb with each spoonful, and the flat, rectangular strips of tender squid served as the perfect vessel for the savoury sambal and contrast against the crunchy heads of broccoli.
Our palettes were then cleansed with a bowl of the egg drop soup, which is lighter in flavour but lusciously viscous courtesy of a corn starch slurry. The chicken broth added a layer of comforting depth, which was accentuated by the sweetness of the corn kernels.
Next was the fried crispy baby squid, which was coated with a soy sauce-based glaze and looked like caramel popcorn, but was ultra crunchy and tasted unmistakably like the ocean.
These dishes are just precursors to the main event, which was the chilli crab dish that looked majestic as it was placed onto the table. A sizable crustacean covered in a delectable sauce that was not too sweet (thankfully) and fragrant with the aroma of blended tomatoes, chillies and garlic with yellow ribbons of beaten eggs.
However, the unexpected highlight of the set was the Jimbaran grilled prawns with the citrusy Balinese-style spices. It just might be the best method to cook prawns moving forward, as the resultant texture was slightly mushy but still had a firm bite.
The smoky char from the grill and slight bitterness of the caramelised kecap manis in the sauce provided the perfect counterpoint to the prawn meat’s natural sweetness, leaving us eagerly scraping every last morsel from the shells.
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